Revealed: QAnon Facebook groups are growing at a rapid pace around the world Guardian investigation finds the Facebook communities are gaining followers as Twitter cracks down on QAnon content
Instagram Reels: Facebook’s history of ‘adapting’ competitors’ familiar features The tech company, in the midst of antitrust hearings in Congress, has come under fire for cloning other companies’ products before
Prince Harry hits out at social media for creating ‘crisis of hate’ Duke of Sussex urges advertisers to demand companies do more to curb hate speech online
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club The 36-year-old follows Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as fortune passes $100bn for first time
Facebook removes Trump post over false Covid-19 claim for first time Video in which Trump wrongly said kids were ‘almost immune’ from illness also prompted Twitter to ban president’s re-election campaign account
New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants The legislation comes as a federal panel is investigating the market power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google
To Melbourne, with love: the ultimate streaming list to bring you joy in lockdown Our writers recommend the shows and films they turn to in hard times. The criteria? Uplifting, heartwarming and/or hilarious – happy endings preferred
Facebook moderators call for advertiser boycott to be extended Action needs long-term commitments to be is more than ‘PR stunt’, employees say
At last, the tech titans’ nerd immunity shows signs of fading The grilling dished out to the big four bosses by Congress shows the Democrats may be ready to challenge their power at last
Yes, the tech giants are big – in truth, probably too big to break up Despite Congress’s threats, no politician or president will want to panic fragile stock markets with antitrust action
The threads that don’t connect: Covid gives Australian conspiracy theorists a common home ‘Sovereign citizens’, anti-vaxxers, mask refuseniks and far-right extremists see all their wildly disparate beliefs confirmed by coronavirus restrictions
Don’t bank on Britain’s foppish, lazy elites to save us from deep fakery We are being abandoned to those who abuse technology to rewrite the past and the present
Who will choose the next US president – the American people, or Facebook? The social media titans are more powerful than politicians. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
A historic antitrust hearing in Congress has put big tech on notice We learned that antitrust cases and new forms of regulation may be on the way for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google
Google and Facebook to be forced to share revenue with media in Australia under draft code Consumer watchdog unveils ‘hundreds of millions’ in potential fines under code drawn up after talks stalled between tech and news companies